Opening King David
Poems in Conversation with the Psalms
The human experience is an intimate, tough, and, at times, hilarious conversation with what is familiar and what is mystery. Poetry at its best turns this conversation into art and teaches by example how to employ language creatively and courageously--even coyly--in exploring the full range of human response to whatever life may deliver. Certainly the biblical Psalms set the highest of standards in this regard. In Opening King David, Davis takes aim at making contemporary poems in conversation with the Psalms; his personal, cultural, and natural surroundings; and the wonder and mess of his own soul. As a painter with all colors at his disposa…
Mehr
CHF 30.95
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4982-7420-3
- EAN: 9781498274203
- Produktnummer: 30240241
- Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 216 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'100 KB
Über den Autor
Brad Davis has taught at the College of the Holy Cross, Eastern Connecticut State University, Pomfret School, and The Stony Brook School. Winner of an AWP Intro Journal Award and the Sunken Garden Poetry Prize, he has had poems published in Poetry, The Paris Review, Image, Michigan Quarterly Review, Tar River Poetry, Ascent, Chautauqua, and elsewhere. He is the author of four books of poems from Antrim House.
100 weitere Werke von Brad Davis:
Trespassing on the Mount of Olives
Poems in Conversation with the Psalms
Poems in Conversation with the Psalms
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 14.80
Bewertungen
Anmelden